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2023 Annual SBAS Awards

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November 3, 2023 by SBAS Webmaster

Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its resident and student presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Award is presented to residents and the Onye Emmanuel Akwari, MD Award is presented to students.

First Place

Chukwuma N. Eruchalu, MD; Resident Physician; Massachusetts General Hospital; Scientific Session 3B: Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; Disparities in Operative Experience Among Racial/Ethnic Minority General Surgery Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium

Second Place

Emma S. Crichton, MD, MPH; Resident; Emory University; Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; The Absence of T Follicular Regulatory Cells Alters the Quantity of T follicular Helper Cells Following Transplantation

Third Place

Desmond L Layne, MD; General Surgery Resident; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics; Scientific Session 3B : Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; Qualitative Analysis of Freetext Comments by Faculty Assessors for Five General Surgery Entrustable Professional Activities for Analysis of Alignment with EPA Behavior Descriptors and Provision of Actionable Feedback

First Place

Takara R. Newsome-Cuby, B.S. M.S.; Medical Student; Kansas City University School of Osteopathic Medicine Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; A Novel and Effective Treatment for Hypotension in Septic Shock Patients.

Second Place

Annette Appiah; Medical Student; Penn State College of Medicine; Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; Hemodynamic Performance Characteristics of Different Centrifugal Blood Pumps Using Simulated Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO Circuits

Third Place

Byron Udegbe, BA; Medical Student; Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine; Scientific Session 3B : Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Outcomes After Hip Fracture

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